§ 46. Mr. Hugh Jenkinsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will bring up to date the information which he gave to the hon. Member for Putney in columns 95 and 96 on 31 January 1978.
March 1972 March 1979 (provisional) Percentage change Barnsley travel-to-work area … … 4,817 5,296 9.9 Barnsley … … 3,265 3,632 11.2 Hoyland … … 428 493 15.2 Royston … … 427 322 -24.6 Wombwell … … 697 849 21.8 Doncaster travel-to-work area … … 6,806 8,437 24.0 Doncaster … … 5,489 6,794 23.8 Thorne … … 1,317 1,643 24.8 Maltby … … 671 720 7.3 Mexborough travel-to-work area … … 2,605 2,883 10.7 Mexborough … … 1,745 1,968 12.8 Goldthorpe … … 860 915 6.4 Rotherham … … 4,214 4,737 12.4 Sheffield travel-to-work area … … 12,789 14,030 9.7 Sheffield … … 9,702 11,128 14.7 Firth Park* … … 1,373 775 -43.6 Chapeltown … … 556 555 -0.2 Dinnington … … 625 816 30.6 Woodhouse … … 533 756 41.8 South Yorkshire … … 31,902 36,103 13.2 Great Britain … … 924,677 1,339,806 44.9 * Some registrants were transferred from Firth Park to Sheffield during the summer of 1977.